Entre Turin et Memphis, une Aïda loin d’être poussiéreuse !

By Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 19 October 2015

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“Le chemin de Memphis et de Thèbes passe par Turin.”

Reviewed at Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin on 17 October 2015

Verdi, Aida

Teatro Regio di Torino

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

William Friedkin, Director

Carlo Diappi, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Anna Pirozzi, Aida

Anna Maria Chiuri, Amneris

Riccardo Massi, Radamès

Dimitri Platanias, Amonasro

Giacomo Prestia, Ramfis

Insung Sim, King of Egypt

Kate Fruchterman, Priestess

Roberto Guenno, A messenger

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino

Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino

Riccardo Muti triumphs with Un ballo in maschera in Turin

Laura Servidei, 23rd February

The Teatro Regio di Torino presents Andrea de Rosa's new production of Verdi’s operal, with a solid cast under the baton of Riccardo Muti.

***11

The Pearl Fishers: Turin opens its operatic season

Renato Verga, 3rd October

The staging sways between tackiness and naivety, like those old Christmas cards with sequins glued to the edges of the figures.

**111

The first modern staged performance of Paër’s Agnese in Turin

Laura Servidei, 17th March

The Teatro Regio presents a Classical rarity with echoes of Mozart and anticipations of Rossini. Diego Fasolis conducts with imagination and spunk.

***11

In Turin's Trovatore, the women carry the day

Renato Verga, 10th October

Female voices dominate in the vocal cast: Rachel Willis-Sørensen debuts as Leonora and charms the audience; Anna Maria Chiuri has the temperament and rich vocality requested by the role of the gypsy.

***11

A strong Italian cast for Così fan tutte in Turin

Laura Servidei, 1st July

Diego Fasolis gives an enlightened, 18th-century account of the Mozart/da Ponte masterpiece, with great precision and elegance.

****1

On the female condition: two 20th-century operas in Turin

Renato Verga, 16th May

Two different variations of the female conditions: one of 1909 and now utterly out-of-date, the second of 1959 much more ut-to-date.

****1

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Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer

Maître de conférences en histoire ancienne à l'Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Arnaud enseigne également à l'Université Toulouse II et à l'Institut National Universitaire d'Albi. Passionné de musique, violoniste et pianiste, il a poursuivi en parallèle de ses études en histoire un cursus au Conservatoire de Toulouse et y a obtenu plusieurs prix. Ses recherches portent sur l’histoire des religions antiques et notamment sur l’utilisation de la musique dans le cadre des cultes polythéistes.